押
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yā · to arrest, to detain

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HSK 3.0 · Level 7-9Frequency #5343
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Left-rightCharacter structure

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 押

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yāWords pronounced yā
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Example sentences

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Nǐ bì xū fù sān gè yuè de fáng zū zuòwéi yā jīn.你必须付三个月的房租作为押金。

You have to give three months' rent as a deposit.

Source: Tatoeba #2003190 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Sà mǐ de bāo bèi jǐng chá kòu yā le.萨米的包被警察扣押了。

Sami's bag was seized by police.

Source: Tatoeba #9956715 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ zài zhè pǐ mǎ shàng yā wǔ yīng bàng de dǔ zhù.我在這匹馬上押五英鎊的賭注。

I bet five pounds on the horse.

Source: Tatoeba #926578 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nán yǐ dǐ kàng gěi jùzi yā yùn de yuàn wàng.难以抵抗给句子押韵的愿望。

It's hard to resist the wish to make the sentence rhyme.

Source: Tatoeba #10045058 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Miǎn diàn mín zhǔ yùn dòng lǐng xiù áng shān sù jī yǐ zāo jū yā yú shí nián.緬甸民主運動領袖昂山素姬已遭拘押逾十年。

The leader of Myanmar's pro-democracy movement, Aung San Suu Kyi, has been in detainment for over 10 years.

Source: Tatoeba #13858741 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Yí, yā yùn wō!咦,押韵喔!

Hey, that rhymes!

Source: Tatoeba #1767809 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 押 in context

  1. Say yā, then recall the core meaning: to arrest, to detain.
  2. Write all 8 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Use it in 押金 (yā jīn), meaning “deposit”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 押 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.